Sarah Peck

Sarah, Wife of William Holt and William Peck.

Biography

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Like many women of her time, we know very little of William Holt's wife.

She was having children between about 1645 and 1656, so we can estimate her birth between 1611 (age 45 in 1656) and 1627 (age 18 in 1645). She died in 1717, so probably closer to 1627.

We know her name was Sarah, because she witnessed Henry Glover's will in 1664.[1]

We know she was a religious woman. It was she that brought Eleazar, Thomas, Joseph and Benjamin to be baptized in July 1656.[2] She also had an assigned seat at the meetinghouse.[1]

From the town records.
1 Jul 1651 "Goodwife Holt complained of one Ositon a Connecticote Indian yt he came into her house, when none but her boy was ther, went to an inward roome, and stole a paire of new stockings wch cost her 5s. The Indian confessed, said he was sorry and was fined."[3]

She remarried after the death of William to William Peck, and died in 1717.[4]

Children[4]

1. John b. c 1645
2. Nathaniel b. c 1647
3. Mercy b. c. 1649
4. Eleazeer b. 5 Apr 1651
5. Thomas b. 31 Jul 1653
6. Joseph b. 2 Apr 1655
7. Benjamin b. 6 Mar 1656

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From the town records:

1 Jul 1651 "Goodwife Holt complained of one Ositon a Connecticote Indian yt he came into her house, when none but her boy was ther, went to an inward roome, and stole a paire of new stockings wch cost her 5s. The Indian confessed, said he was sorry and was fined."

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/UNKNOWN-156001 cites

1. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) Ancient Town Records Vol II. New Haven Town Records 1662-1684. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1919.
2. "Baptisms in New Haven Connecticut" New England Historical Genealogical Register 9:359.
3. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) Ancient Town Records Vol 1. New Haven Town Records 1649-1662. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society,1917.
4. Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932.